Fishing-reel



No. 6|5,526. Patented Dec. 6, |898.

' G. 0. BRDSNAHAM, 1s.

FISHING REEL.

(Application led Jan. 25, 1898,)

(No Model.)

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5 isa sectional plan view of the mechanism UNITED Sfr-Afines]v :PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE o.:ERosNAHAM, JR., or PENsAcoLa-,l-FLORIDA.. i

Hemus-REEL;

` sPEcIFrcATIoN raming pm of Letters Patent No. e1 5,526, .dated neceinnre, 189s.

I Tq'all zehomit may'concem" I Be it known that Il GEORGE 0. BEosNAHAM,

Jr., of Pensacola, in the county of Escambia and State of Florida, have invented anew and 5 Improved Fishin g-ReeLof'whicht-he following evenly on the spool and permit the latter to run'easily when quickly unwinding the line, and also to enablethe operator to quickly and prevent overlapping of the line. l The invention consists of novel features landparts and combinations of the same, as

g willbe hereinafter described,'a nd pointed'out 2o in the claims. l Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part of this specification, in .which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding Aparts in all the figures.l

Figure lis a side elevation of the improvement.. Fig; 2 is a sectional side elevation of the same on the line 2 l2 of Fig. 3. Fig. '3 is a sectional'plan'view of the same on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1 Fig. 4 is av sectional side elevation of the same onthe linee 1t of Fig. 3.Y Fig,

' for throwing the reel out of gear. Fig.v 6 is a similar view of a modified form of the same. Fig.- 7 is a sectional side elevation ofthe same, and Fig.- 8 is a side elevation of the shiftinglever ring.

The improved fishing-reel is provided with a suitably-constructed casing A, on one side of which is formed a" gear-chamber' A', as plainly illustrated in thedrawings, and in the said casing is journaled a;i'e el B, on which winds and unwinds a line C, one'end ofwhich passes through a guide-arm D, arranged to travel laterally 'in the manner hereinafter more fully described, so as toinsurean even windingtofthe line on the spool B. The shaft B of said spool B is formed near one end and within the chamber A' with a square offset B2,

'adapted to be engaged by a corresponding aperture in the hub of .a pinion E,-norrally in'mesh with a gear-wheel-F, secured on a shaft F', journaled in suitable bearings in the Applicatlonled. January 25, 1898. Serial No. 667,371. (No moe'ln stop the unreeling of the line when casting' chamber A' and carryingat its outer end a crank F2 for conveniently turning the shaft F'and gear-wheel F to rotate the pinion Eand ,spool B and wind up or unwind the line C.

The pinion E is fitted to slide .on -the end of the shaft B', and for'this purpose `the hull of the pinionE is provided with a loose ri hg E', engaged by a shifting-lever G, fulcrumed ,at G' on a bracket secured to the chamber A.

The free. end 'ofsaid lever G is provided with a finger-piece G2, extending-t0l the outside of` .the chamber, to be within convenient Ireach of thel finger of the operator holding the reel. yA spring G3 presses on the .shifting-lever G, so as to hold the lever and the pinion E normally in the position shown 4in Fig. -tha't is', with the pinion E in engagement with the square offset B2 and inmcsh with '-.the gearwheel F.

Now when the operator presses the fingen' pieceGr2 a swinging motion is given to the leverG and the pinion Eis moved out of,v

engagement with the square offset B. to ro-A The spool B is Vnow free to revolve irrespective of the lgearing above mentioned. Y A- vIn order to quickly stop the-spool against unwindng of the line while the gearing is on, I lprovide a tooth H onthe peripheral surface of a wheel I I, mounted eccentrically onastud vH2, carried by the chamber'A. A handle H?) is connected with -the wheel H and extends to the outside of the casing'A, the shank H4 of said handle being movable in a segmental slot inv the lfront plate of the chamber, A spring 115, attached to the inside'of the chamber, is adapted to engage the shank HWhen gear-wheel F topreven't the latter from ro- .tating in the direction of the arrow ci', but to.

allow'rotation in the inverse direction of said arrow. The operator now pushes the finger- -piece G2 inward to allow the spool B torevolve freely and then casts the line,` and when he wishes to stop' the line he releases the fin- Vger-piece (i2 to allow the-clutch-pinion E to .again contact with the` spool, thereby in-' roo slide transversely on guide-bars D', and-said vstantly stopping thespool by the locked gear,

so that the end of the line draws by the movement ofthe Weight on the end of the lineto prevent overlapping of the line. When the 5 tooth .is i-n vthe position described, it will not interfere with t-he winding upof the' line on spool., The lever I has i'ts fulcrum l2 in the form-of a shaftjournaled in suitable bearings i5 in the casing A, and a torsion-spring Iii connects withA the lever I, so as to hold the same normally in an outermost position-that is, "with the brake-shoe I out of en gagement'with the line C, as indicated in Fig. 4. The brakezo lever I ispivotally connected by a link If with a transversely-extending rod l, also pivotally connected at its' linner end with a link 15, fulcrumed on the casing A, the links I4 Is forming toggle-links for swinging`the lever 2511 downward and bringing the shoe I in engagement with the line C on the spool B to brake the latter and the line. The rod I6 extends through suitable bearingsin the casing A and chamber A' to carry at its o uterV end- 3o a nger-piece I7, arranged in close proximity y 3 5 plain'ed. As soon. as the operator releases the pressure on the finger-piece IZ the lever I returns to its normal inactiveposition, owing to the action of the spring l, as previously v explained. I y

-The guide D for the. line C is mounted to guide is providedl with a dovetailed block D', (see Fig.'4,) engaging a dovetailed tongue D, secured on a half-nut D, in mesh with the ight and left hand threaded screw-spindle D carrying. on its shaft D a gear-wheel'Dl, in mesh with the gear-wheel F. When the latter is rotated, a continuous rotary motion is givento the gear-wheel D" and the screw- 5o spindle D?, and consequentlyfthe nut D is caused to travel' transversely, and as it carries along-the guide D the lattercauses'an even winding and placing of the lineC on the spool B,'so as to properly wind the line. evenly d 5 5 in uniform layers. The screw-spindle Diand its half-nut D, with theguide D, can be actuatedI at the time the pinion E is out of mesh Awith the gear-wheel F and the spool B, so as to guide the line -when the spool -is free and 6o is unwinding by a pull exerted on the line by the hooked sh. -f" 1- As shown in Fig. 6, the pinion E2 may be formed in its peripheral'surfaee withan .an-

nular groove E,.e'ngaged b'y the shifting-le? ver G, so as to move the pinion E in and out of mesh with the square portion B2 of the spoolshaft B'i 'The action, however, is tliesame the line is evenly wound on the spol and is free to run oi quicklyy and easily when the4 gearing is thrown off. Said arrangement also enables the operator to quickly'stopl the nn- .75

reeling of the line when casting, so as to' prevent overlapping of the line, as explained. Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- `1. A fishing-reel having a gear-wheel conn'ec'tedto revolve with the reel, a swingingI lockingmember adapted to engagethe gear- ,wheel to prevent its turningl in one direction and means for makingand breaking the connection of the gear-Wheel with the reel at will.

2. A fishing-reel having a gear-wheel con-v nected'to revolve with the reel, a swinging locking member adapted to engage the gearvwheelto prevent its turning in one direction,

a spring actngon said swingingv member to lhold it in either adjusted position, an exteriorly-pro'jecting handle on the swinging memf ber, and means for making and breaking'the 'connection of the gear-wheel with-thefreelatl Will. s

3. A fishing-reel having a gear-wheel connected to revolvey withl the reel, a swinging locking` member adapted to engage the gear- .v

wheel to prevent its' turning ,in one direction, ,a spring acting onfsaid4 swinging member to` hold it in either adjusted position, an exteriorly-projecting handle on the swingingmember, a clutch mechanism connecting the 'gear- `wheel with the Ireel, and a shifting-lever there? for lhaving a. finger-piece projecting from the case whereby the reel may b e freed 'or locked' atwill. e i

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4.v A fishing-reel pr'ovided withl a 'nne-l guide mountedJ to slide transversely on thereel-casing, a nut on said guide, arevo'luble.

ouble-thread screw-rod' yfor moving the nut audits guide transverseland means for -rotating said screw-rod. independently of the.

spool, substantially as shown and described.v

5. A fishing-reel provided with abrake comprisinga spring-pressed lever carryinga brake-shoe for engaging the lineon the spool,

toggle-links, one of which is connected with the lever and the other is fulcrumed on axell.

allyas shown and def 

